Whats Your Opinion Of Juan Diaz?

[ChrististheAnswer2]

I like Diaz and I think that he is a good, hungry young fighter who is fun to watch. However his lack of punching power will hurt him against upper level fighters like Castillo and Corrales.

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I like Diaz and I think that he is a good, hungry young fighter who is fun to watch. However his lack of punching power will hurt him against upper level fighters like Castillo and Corrales.

Yes, but honestly i just think hes too young, people his age are fighting bums working their way up, hes just coming up too quick, if he fights bigger guys, hes gonna end up like bojado. Hes just 22 and shouldnt be even thinking about the big boys.

[Mech.]

I was really impressed by Diaz. Cotto did good, but this fight showed me that Evangelista Cotto (Miguel and Jose uncle/trainer) aint that good of a trainer...Top Rank should get Miguel a top trainer in his corner...

I thought that since the corley fight,when Evangelista couldnt really come up with any advice to tell cotto after he was hurt,But I couldnt really think of a Trainer that would really suit cotto's style...

I like Diaz and I think that he is a good, hungry young fighter who is fun to watch. However his lack of punching power will hurt him against upper level fighters like Castillo and Corrales.

A young fighter like diaz can always use more experience before fighting the top calliber guys,but I disagree with you ,I dont think his lack of power will be an issue,He almost Knocked cotto out,and he bruised his face up real good,I think he's found a style that suits his lack of KO power,so i dont think it will be an issue.

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[ChrististheAnswer2]

A young fighter like diaz can always use more experience before fighting the top calliber guys,but I disagree with you ,I dont think his lack of power will be an issue,He almost Knocked cotto out,and he bruised his face up real good,I think he's found a style that suits his lack of KO power,so i dont think it will be an issue.

Diaz fought a great fight and I take nothing away from him. However comparing Cotto to Castillo and Corrales is like comparing apples and oranges, Cotto isn't in those guys league. Maybe Diaz's style will suit him, but it will get harder and harder to fight like that as he gets older and the better guys he fights the more we will truly see how effective that style is.

But so far so good, a 22 year old, undefeated champion, can't say anything too bad about that!

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With Corales and Castillo moving north, Juan appears to be the future of the Lightweight Division and that division's future looks good, what with Popo and company to keep Juan challenged.

Much has been said about his power outage. But, while that may be a bit of a concern, I don't believe that that, in and of itself, is a block to his success.

In 2003, a guy who had only 17 KO's in 117 wins was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the ultimate accolade for a fighter. His name: Nicolino Locche.

The great Willie Pep had 230 wins but only won less than a quarter of those wins by stoppages. 65.

When one thinks of Jake La Motta, one would think he was a puncher. He wasn't. He had only 30 KOs in 106 fights. Less than a third.

Tommy Loughran had only 17 stoppages in 109 fights, while his contemporary Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom had only 19 out of 216 wins.

Baby Bull, currently tallies 14 KOs in 29 wins out of 29 outings. That ain't too bad, I think. That's just a shade less than half of his total, and twice the average of Pep and more than three times the average of Locche.

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With Corales and Castillo moving north, Juan appears to be the future of the Lightweight Division and that division's future looks good, what with Popo and company to keep Juan challenged.

Much has been said about his power outage. But, while that may be a bit of a concern, I don't believe that that, in and of itself, is a block to his success.

In 2003, a guy who had only 17 KO's in 117 wins was inducted to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, the ultimate accolade for a fighter. His name: Nicolino Locche.

The great Willie Pep had 230 wins but only won less than a quarter of those wins by stoppages. 65.

When one thinks of Jake La Motta, one would think he was a puncher. He wasn't. He had only 30 KOs in 106 fights. Less than a third.

Tommy Loughran had only 17 stoppages in 109 fights, while his contemporary Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom had only 19 out of 216 wins.

Baby Bull, currently tallies 14 KOs in 29 wins out of 29 outings. That ain't too bad, I think. That's just a shade less than half of his total, and twice the average of Pep and more than three times the average of Locche.

Great analysis.

Would you say that Diaz can successfully continue his career as a volume puncher? I certainly would say he can.

That is what you were getting at...correct?



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Great analysis.

Would you say that Diaz can successfully continue his career as a volume puncher? I certainly would say he can.

That is what you were getting at...correct?

Thanks!

I think he can, pal. The way I see it, the style is him. It's not something he just adopted for his purposes. It's in the way that Pep's style was Pep, and LaMotta's style was Jake. A case of, "The style is the man and the man is the style."

Juan's style requires great work ethic. That ethic seems to me to come naturally to the Baby Bull. Even, integral. Or, simply JUST HIM. It should stay with him for a very long time; if he wants it to.

[Superman RJJ]

Good Fighter great Stamina ans work ethic C+ power and Speed